----- Original Message ----- From: "David Bliss" Subject: RE: k10d and manual-aperture lenses?
> Tim, > > Thanks for the welcome, I appreciate it. :) I feel bad for having > set off > a landmine of ranting without knowing it... You had no way of knowing. > > I'm disappointed that the K10D hasn't readded the aperture linkage, > but > I suppose I can tranfer my hopes to the K1D for a while anyway. Don't hold your breath. > > I guess the question I REALLY meant to ask was: what, if anything, > does > dpreview's assertion that you can "use lens aperture ring" mean, > since it clearly doesn't mean what I think it means? Even on A > lenses, > I for one would much rather set the aperture using the lens aperture > ring, > with a nice big custom-designed control, than use a stupid fiddly knob > on > the camera body -- just like when doing manual focus I want to use the > lens focus control and not twiddle a potentiometer like on one of my > old > Sony cameras (and most non-pro video cameras). You can use the lens aperture ring, but you don't get tranparent light metering. The control wheels on the istD aren't bad, though I find myself turning them the wrong way most of the time. Full old mount support would be nice, but the implementation as supplied works adequately, though you have to watch your light levels closely, as you can drop out of meter's EV range easily. I lost a couple of minutes sleep over the issue a few years ago, and then decided to take the pragmatic approach and buy a bunch of new lenses. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
